A healthy mind in a healthy body: mental health problems and solutions, scientific findings, and interesting facts on psychology and mental health. Incredible hypotheses about the human conscious and subconscious mind.
“By shutting out the real world, we can live peacefully in ours. We know that a world without pain is a world without feeling… But a world without feeling is a world without pain.” ~Daniel Keyes Do you know who you are? Who is the real you? What is your…
Do you swear a lot? Is your vocabulary of swear words expansive? If so, you may have stronger general verbal skills than those who know few. Knowing a wide range of swear words has been connected to having good verbal skills, which can mean communication, language and general speaking. So…
We’ve all heard the term “the early bird catches the worm.” But what if night owls are actually more intelligent? It may be true that those who get up early have a jump start on the day before others are even out of bed. Still, it’s been suggested that night…
Some of the greatest performers and creative geniuses of our time are so successful because they have insecurities. In general, having low self-esteem and insecurities in one's abilities can spur people on to become more creative than their secure counterparts, research investigations have recently found. Insecurities and Biochemistry In her…
We all know that meditation has a calming effect, but can it really change someone as a person? Let's talk about directed meditation and its personality-altering effects. Before we discuss what directed meditation is and what its benefits are, let me talk about the results of one study. In the Journal of…
According to a new study, anxious people have a huge advantage over others as their brains have a different reaction to danger, which, in fact, could be life-saving. An anxious personality can be viewed as a negative characteristic. I know that’s what I’ve always encountered, being diagnosed, in part, with…
Sarcastic humour is loved by some and hated by others. The typically British style of wit has been the topic of debate for many years, but a recent study has shown that sarcasm can reinforce sincerity in a relationship, as it is based on a certain level of honesty. “Sarcasm…
We’ve all been led to believe our intelligence can be tested by one single figure: our IQ. However, this isn’t necessarily true as there are many different types of intelligence and our actual smarts can’t be represented by one number – but three. In a recent study carried out on…
